Objective:To evaluate the ectopia osteogenesis ability of rhBMP-2/nHA/Co compound membrane.Methods:Two membranes were fabricated:(1) nHA/Co group(2) rhBMP-2/nHA/Co group.Both of them was evaluated after implantation under thigh muscle of nude mice for 10,20,30 days.Results:More bone-like structures in rhBMP-2/nHA/Co group were found,than that in nHA/Co group.Conclusion:Collagen and nano-HA are suitable sustained release systems for rhBMP-2 in animal experiment and the rhBMP-2/nHA/Co compound membrane can effectively induce ectopia osteogenesis.

Objective To analyze the clinical effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy( oxaliplatin combined with S-1) in the treatment of advanced gastric cancer,and to detect its influence on expressions of vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) and matrix metalloproteinase-2(MMP-2).Methods A total of 70 patients with advanced gastric cancer were randomly divided into research group ( n=35 ) and control group ( n=35 ) .The patients in the control group were given surgery treatment and general drug chemotherapy,while the patients in the research group were given the neoadjuvant chemotherapy on the basis of the control group.The incidence of cancer recurrence and the expressions of MMP-2,VEGF of the two groups were observed.Results In the research group,the expressions of MMP-2 or VEGF were significantly different before and after chemotherapy(χ2 =10.03,χ2 =9.11,all P<0.01). The 3-year survival rate in the research group(71.43%) was significantly higher than 45.71% in the control group,there was significant difference(χ2 =11.70,P<0.05).Conclusion Neoadjuvant chemotherapy can reduce the expressions of MMP-2 and VEGF in tumor tissues,indicates that it may play an important role in patients with advanced gastric cancer and can be used in clinic.

BACKGROUND: The pathological changes of osteoarthritis are similar to that of kaschin-beck disease, but the cause of the latter is still unclear,damage is more serious. From the comparison of pathology changes between them, we hope to find out an effective therapeutic method with the assistance of arthroscope basing on the experiences in osteoarthritis.OBJECTIVE: To make comparison of the histomorphological changes between osteoarthritis and kaschin-beck disease with knee arthroscope,which give clues to the diagnosis and selection of operative technique for kaschin-bock disease under arthroscope.DESIGN: Case control study.SETTING: Department of Orthopaedics, Shaanxi People's Hospital.PARTICIPANTS: Thirty-five patients who needed arthroscope surgery due to severer knee osteoarthritis were randomly selected from Department of Orthopaedics, Shaanxi People's Hospital between April 1998 and September 2000; Meanwhile 31 patients with knee joint functional obstacle caused by kaschin-beck disease (epidemic disease area) were randomly selected from Luochuan Hospital of Shaanxi Province in November 2001.METHODS: Japanese made OLYMPUS series color television arthroscope and surgery system were used to carry out knee joint operations in all participants. During the operation, video recording, postoperative editing, photographs, comparison and analysis were conducted, in order to find out the pathological changes of the two groups in knee joint synovium, patella, femur, tibia and meniscus with the assistance of arthroscope.RESULTS: Totally 66 patients were enrolled in this study and all endamage in Kaschin-beck disease and osteoarthritis: Injuries were graded into grade 0, 1, 2 and 3, there were 0,3,5,23 cases and 0,3,16,16cases correspondingly in kaschin-beck disease group and osteoarthritis cartilage damage was presented by big piece of cartilage peeled off, part of them came off leading to bone exposure, the exposed bone surface is uneven; while cartilage damage in osteoarthritis was presented by the wear of cartilage, moreover cartilage island was found remained in the exposed bone with the surface covered with fiber strips and the exposed observed in 24 patients with Kaschin-beck disease, 5 cases with coarse stress point and 19 cases with burr-like damage, amongst which there were 9 cases displayed both medial and lateral meniscus damages; in osteoarthritis group there were 16 cases showed meniscus damages including edge wears in11 cases and breakage in 5 cases.CONCLUSION: Cartilage damage in knee articular was obviously severer in Kaschin-beck disease than in osteoarthritis, although kaschin-beck disease is no matter resulting in serious knee joint damage, but its pathology changes are different from osteoarthritis, we should pay more attention to the peculiarity of big piece of cartilage peeling off during operations.

AIM: To study the effect of decreasing blood pressure on mechanical and heat pain sensitivity in spontaneously hypertensive rats.METHODS: 15 SHRs were intramuscularly given reserpine(1(?g?kg~(-1)?d~(-1))) on day 4-11.Blood pressure,paw withdrawal mechanical threshold(PWMT) and paw withdrawal thermal latency(PWTL) were measured every day.RESULTS: After the therapy of reserpine in spontaneously hypertensive rats,blood pressure decreased by 50 mmHg,mechanical and heat pain threshold were both decreased(P

A novel method for quantification of astragaloside IV in Radix Astragli was developed by using online SPE liquid chromatography coupled with corona charged aerosol detection( CAD) . The sample solution
was loaded into Acclaim Polar AdvantageⅡC18(50 mm×4. 6 mm, 3 μm) which was selected as online SPE column. Then the cleaning process was done by using the Right one of dual gradient pumps with Methanol-water as mobile phase. Acclaim C18(150 mm×4. 6 mm, 5 μm) was selected as analytical column with acetonitrile-water as mobile phase at a flow rate of 1. 0 mL/min. The eluate containing the target from SPE column was transferred into the analytical column by heart-cutting mode. The temperature of nebulizer of corona CAD was set at 30 ℃ and the nitrogen pressure was 241. 3 kPa. The baseline separation of astragaloside IV from matrix components has been achieved. There was a good linear correlation in the range of 4 . 0-80 mg/L for astragaloside IV and the correlation coefficient was 0 . 9998 . The standard addition average recovery of astragaloside IV in Radix Astragli was 97 . 6%. It has been validated that astragaloside IV in Radix Astragli and its preparations can be quantified rapidly and accurately with this method.

Objective To explore the value of 64-slice CT coronary artery angiography in detecting anomalous origin of left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) in infants. Methods Ten children aged from 5 months to 2 years and weighed from 5.5 to 10.0 kilograms with surgical confirmed ALCAPA were underwent contrast-enhanced retrospective ECG-gated 64-slice CT, and the data were retrospectively analyezd. Scanning were performed with 80 kV tube voltage, 150 mA tube current, 0.35 s rotation time, 0.625 mm slice thickness and 0.2 pitch. Results The heart rate ranged from 110 to 150 beats per minute. All images were good enough for diagnosis. The radiation dose was 1.11-1.62 mSv. The left coronary arteries were found to originate from the posterior-right sinuse in 4 patients, from posterior-left sinuse in 4 parients, from posterior-right wall and inferior wall above the pulmonary sinuses in 1 patient, respectively. Conclusion The 64-slice CT coronary artery angiography can reveal the location of the ectopic ostium and the course of left coronary artery in ALCAPA infants with low radiation dose.

Objective To investigate the electrophysiological properties of layer Ⅱ/Ⅲ pyramidal neurons of the early postnatal stage rat visual cortex.Methods By using the whole cell patch-clamp recording technique combined with direct visualization of cells,we studied the passive and active electrophysiological properties as well as firing properties of layer Ⅱ/Ⅲ pyramidal neurons in acute rat visual cortical slices.Results Resting membrane potential,input resistance,membrane capacitance and membrane time constant of pyramidal neurons at postnatal days 11-13(P 11-13) were(-56.6?1.8)mV,(185.4?2.7)M?,(77.9?2.2)pF and(16.9?2.4)ms,respectively.Action potential amplitude and duration were(97.7?2.7)mV and(2.3?0.1)ms,respectively.Threshold potential was(-31.8?1.2)mV and afterdepolarizing potential was(-65.3?1.1)mV.When presented with long depolarizing current pulse of constant amplitude,most of the neurons exhibited pronounced adaptation of spike frequency.The steady-state firing frequency was(30.4?9.4)% of the first interval firing frequency.Conclusion The electrophysiological properties of layer Ⅱ/Ⅲ pyramidal neurons of the early postnatal stage rat visual cortex are not fully mature.Most of the neurons display regular firing patterns,but the degree of firing frequency adaptation is relatively small.

Objective To characterize the clinical factors which influence water suppression and auto-shimming line width for liver 3.0 T 1H-MRS.Methods Fifty-seven cases with liver 1H-MR spectroscopy(1H-MRS) were retrospectively studied, including chronic type B hepatitis (n=5), fatty liver (n=14), chronic type B hepatitis combining fatty liver (n=3) and normal situation (n=35).Independent t test was used to characterize the difference of general condition (height, weight, body mass index etc.) between different water suppression effect groups and between different shimming effect groups.Using Chi-square test to analyze whether water suppression rate and auto-shimming line width between fatty liver groups and non-fatty liver exist significance difference .Results By comparing WS ≥90% (n=47)group with WS < 90% (n=10) group, the former showed smaller average height[(164.7±8.0) and (170.5±3.7) cm respectively], weight[(61.8±10.4) and (73.4±5.4) kg respectively], BMI [(22.7±3.2) and (25.2±1.3)kg/m2 respectively]and LW[(17.7±3.7)and(24.6±6.3) Hz respectively]than the latter (t=-3.488,-3.415,-4.002 and-3.327, P < 0.05).By comparing LW 20 Hz (n=41) group with LW 20 Hz (n=16) group, the former showed better water suppression rate [(93.0±2.7)% and (86.1±8.5)% respectively]than the latter(t=3.213,P <0.05), whereas larger weight[(62.2±11.6) and (68.1±6.1)kg respectively]and BMI[(22.8±3.4) and (24.2±1.9)kg/m2 respectively](t=-2.516,-2.024,P <0.05).LW≤20 Hz in the fatty liver and non-fatty liver group was 7/17 and 34/40, respectively (X2=11.347, P < 0.05).WS < 90% in the fatty liver and non-fatty liver group was 10/17 and 0/44, respectively (X2=28.536, P < 0.05) .Conclusion Hepatic steatosis exerts an adverse effect in water suppression and shimming.

Objective To investigate the relationship between the tumor differentiation and the related pathologic factors in Esophago-gastric junction adenocarcinoma. Methods The pathological data from 163 patients of Esophago-gastric junction adenocarcinoma underwent radical surgical resections were randomly divided two groups (group1: well-differentiated,group2: poor-differentiated). The composition of N stages,T stages,morphological type and vessel carcinoma embolus were compared between the two groups ,respectively. The tumor sizes and the number of metastases lymph nodes were compared between the two groups. Results The cases with lower N stages or T stages in group1 were dominant(T1 and T2:55. 74%,N1 and N2:75.41%). Oppositely,those with higher N stages or T stages were dominant(T3 and T4:59.81%,N1 and N2:57.85%)in group 2. The differences were significant Incidence of vessel carcinoma embolus was 44. 26%(27/61)in group 1 and 63. 73%(65/102)in group 2,with a significant difference. There was no significant difference for morphological type in the two groups. The tumor sizes and the number of metastases lymph was 4. 27 ±2. 00 cm and 4. 15 ±5.27 respectively in group 1 ,and 5. 87 ± 3. 26 cm and 8. 80 ± 7.65 respectively in group 2. The differences were significantly different(Ps ＜ 0. 01).Conclusions The tumor differentiation has significant effect on N stages,T stages,vessel carcinoma embolus,tumor size and the number of metastases lymph nodes in Esophago-gastric junction adenocarcinoma.

Objective To establish a function model to modulate the tube current according to the chest circumference at Coronary CTA scan,and to evaluate the feasibility of using the function model individually.Methods Sixty-eight consecutive patients who underwent thoracic scan with automatic current modulation were studied to establish a function model of tube current and chest circumference.The other 64 consecutive patients underwent coronary CTA scan using the new function model.The image quality was scored,and the noise,tube current and radiation dose were recorded and statistically evaluated.Results The POW function model was the best one to adjust tuber current to the chest circumference (R2 =0.691,P ＜ 0.05).The mean image quality score,noise,tube current,radiation dose (CTDIvol) and dose-length product (DLP) were (3.38±0.72) scores,(31.02 ±3.97) HU,(390.63± 89.30) mA,(34.83±10.72) mGy,(751.67 ±175.16) mGy·cm,respectively.Conclusions Tube current modulation based on the chest circumference would be feasible to reduce the radiation dose individually in coronary CT angiography.